October 29th, 2009
Sony recalls 69,000 Vaio AC adapters
Sony has issued a mandatory recall of 69,000 Vaio AC adapters.
A joint statement issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Sony indicates that some 69,000 Vaio AC adapters are now being recalled because of a possible shock hazard.
The recalled adapters have the following adapter number:
- Sony VGP-AC19V17
Sony has sold this type of adapter over a four-year period, from September 2005 to October 2009. The adapter was sold with the following notebooks:
- Vaio VGC-JS2
- Vaio VGC-LT
The following docking stations are also affected:
- VGP-PRFE1
- VGP-PRBX1
According to the CPSC so far there have been no injuries or incident reports were filed in the United States.
The Sony-CPSC phone number is (877)-361-4481.
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